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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 98

Priest Runs Red Gauntlet of Fire. Shot At Throughout 200-Yard Dash. Tienshui, China

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 19

Father Florentius Hammerio, of the German Capuchin Fathers staffing the Vicariate of Tsinchow, Kansu, had a narrow escape when Reds surrounded…

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Town Swept by Fire. 11 HOMELESS. Shops and Hotel Destroyed. No Water Available. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 11

About 11 residents of Boollarra, a small township near Morwell, are homeless as a result of a fire which destroyed half the buildings in the…

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Flood and Fire. Devastation in U.S.A. Towns Disappear. 150 Killed; 550,000 Homeless. New York, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 11

Floods in the southern and middle-western States have caused, devastation unparalleled in the history of the United States, and warnings are…

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Fire in City

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1

Damage estimated at £100 was done to the premises of Halliday Bros., engineers, in Erskine-street, city, last night, when a spark from…

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Encircled by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 7

GRAFTON, Thursday.--Almost surrounded by a wall of flames when £250 worth of dry fishing nets ignited without warning, Reginald Bullivant…

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Well-known Homestead. Goodar Destroyed by Fire. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 9

Goodar station homestead, on one ot the best-known cattle properties in the Goondiwindi district, was burnt to the ground about 10 o'clock last night. Nobody was present…

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Bookies And Punters Bet And Sweat Around Fire In Midsummer

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 3

EVERY Saturday afternoon about 400 men stand or sit round a mighty blazing brazier in a billiard saloon in…

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Deadly Fire Peril Threatens Flooded Cities Blanket Of Gas Over Waters Spark May Start Conflagration Millions Of Gallons Of Petrol Add To Danger New York

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 14

TO add to the distress of the flooded States along the Mississippi, cities from Cincinnatti, south along the river, are now threatened with the imminent danger of fire…

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Sprinklers Restrict Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 3

Sprinklers prevented spread of a fire which broke out in David Jones' factory in Marlborough-street. Surr[?] Hills, yesterday afternoon. Firemen from headquarters,…

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Inquiry Into Fire. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 7

The district coroner (Mr. W. A. Cole) held an inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which destroyed the storeroom at the Moree railway locomotive depot on January 14…

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13 Lives Forfeit to Soviet Executed By Machine Gun Fire MOSCOW

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 3

The appeals of the 13 men condemned at the Soviet treason trials have been rejected by the Soviet Central Committee…

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"Enemy" Lands Under Fire Realistic Manoeuvres at Jervis Bay Jervis Bay

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 2

AT the first streak of dawn to-day, hundreds of soldiers tumbled out of boats on the shores of Jervis Bay. They raced over the narrow beach, braving a drenching hail from the machine guns of the defenders. The…

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Ships Career of Misfortune. Fire in Hold. Battle With Ice Floes. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 11

So many misfortunes have befallen the steamer Welcombe (5122 tons) that some members of the crew are beginning to wonder whether there is a "Jonah" on board Shortly…

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Fire in Cargo. British Ship in Distress. Cuiter Speeding to Aid. Los Angeles, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 10

The coastguard service reported that the British motor ship Inverbank is in distre[?], fighting fire in the cargo, approximately 1300 miles due south of Hawa[?]…

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Fire at Historic Residence

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 8

Fire brigades from Headquarters and Darlinghurst were called to a fire in a quantity of rubbish at Grantham, one of Sydney's [?] homes…

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Protection in Fire-fighting Richardson On Merit Of Helmets

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 16

Whether the fireman's helmet had any practical use in preventing fatalities amongst firemen engaged in extinguishing big city fires was…

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Men Dash to Safety Crude Oil Fire In Workshop

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 18

Employees had to dash for safety to-day when about 40 gallons of crude oil in a barrel burst into flame at the premises of W. H. Plumb, tool…

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Bush Fire Brigades Some Sound Advice

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 8

In the Journal of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, Mr David G. Stead, hon. secretary and editor of the journal, has a splendid article on…

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Fought Blaze From Roof-top

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

FIREMEN climbed 40 feet with two lines of hose to the roof to combat a blaze which damaged the rear portion of the wood and iron building…

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Fire!

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 3

A kitchen wall in the residence of Mr. J. Hirst, of Water-street, Auburn, was destroyed when a fire broke out in the kitchen last week. The cause…

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